linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] sched: Simplify set_affinity

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Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:11:13 +0000
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] sched: Simplify set_affinity_pending refcounts

On 25/02/21 10:27, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 05:59:01PM +0000, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>
>> Your change reinstores the "triple SCA" pattern, where a stopper can run
>> with arg->pending && arg->pending != p->migration_pending, which I was
>> kinda happy to see go away...
>
> Right, fair enough. Any workload that can tell the difference is doing
> it wrong anyway :-)
>
> OK, I've munged your two patches together into the below.
>

Thanks!

I haven't found much else to say on the series after having slept on it, so
feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>

to the rest. I'll go see about testing it in some way.